Work and thoughts in progress

Mona Lisa as Leonardo saw her

I saw an article on the BBC news website about a special scan that has been done of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to discover changes he made as he was working and what color the paint really is under the layers of yellowed varnish.

The result if we can believe it, is quite stunning. The man responsible for this – a French engineer and inventor named Pascal Cotte – has exhibited his “original” Mona Lisa and has a website called Mona Lisa Revealed showing the results and promoting a documentary film about his work.

I certainly prefer the bright blue background in the “original” painting.